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Aharonim (lit. &quot;later ones&quot;) is a term for the leading Rabbis who lived from roughly the 16th century to the present.Aharonim is a technical term used in later rabbinical literature generally to indicate authorities who are contemporaries of the person quoting them or who belong to the generation immediately preceding him. It is especially applied to the rabbinical authors following the age of the Shulhan Arukh — the end of the sixteenth century.  Thus the publication of the Shulhan Arukh marks the transition from the era of Rishonim to that of Acharonim. For a more detailed description of the Aharonim, see this Jewish Encyclopedia article.<br /> the<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> Rishonim,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Aharonim,</span> see Responsa (She'elot u-teshuvot),<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> Novallae,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Novellae</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (hidushim),</span> and Talmudic commentaries.<br />]]></description>
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 were<span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> generally</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> intensive</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> discussions</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> on</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> various</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> passages</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Rabbinic</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> literature</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (including</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Talmud,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Mishnah</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> etc.)</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> In</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> contrast,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> commentaries</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> usually</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> contained</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> smaller</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> comments</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> which</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> ran</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> from</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> page</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> to</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> page</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> to</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> help</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> clarify</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> passages</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Rabbinic</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> literature.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"><br />The</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> novellae</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> of</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Aharonim</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> differ</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> from</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> those</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> of</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Rishonim</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> that</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> they</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> include</span> discussions of how to apply the laws in the Talmud to new ideas, issues, or<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> circumstances.</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"><br />The</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> no</span>]]></description>
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 were<span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> generally</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> intensive</span> discussions<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> of</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> how</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> to</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> apply</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> the</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> laws</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> on</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> various</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> passages</span> in the<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> Talmud</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Rabbinic</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> literature</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (including</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Talmud,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Mishnah</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> etc.)</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> In</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> contrast,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> commentaries</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> usually</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> contained</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> smaller</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> comments</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> which</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> ran</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> from</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> page</span> to<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> new</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> ideas,</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> issues,</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> or</span><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> circumstances.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> page</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> to</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> help</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> clarify</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> passages</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Rabbinic</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> literature.</span><br />Some early authors of novellae included Joseph Ibn Migash, Abraham b. David of Posquieres (RaBaD), and Meir b. Todros Abulafia, Solomon b. Abraham Adret, Yom Tov b. Abraham Ishbili, Nissim b. Reuben Gerondi, Nahmanides,]]></description>
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<p>Related to both Talmudic commentaries and Responsa literature, Novellae (or hidushim) were discussions of how to apply the laws in the Talmud to new ideas, issues, or circumstances.</p><br />
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<p>Related to both Talmudic commentaries and Responsa literature, Novellae (or hidushim) were discussions of how to apply the laws in the Talmud to new ideas, issues, or circumstances.</p><br />
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<p>Some early authors of novellae included Joseph Ibn Migash, Abraham b. David of Posquieres (RaBaD), and Meir b. Todros Abulafia, Solomon b. Abraham Adret, Yom Tov b. Abraham Ishbili, Nissim b. Reuben Gerondi, Nahmanides, and Joseph ibn Habiba,</p><br />
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BM 520.82 (in this call number you will find original texts first, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br />Arba'ah Turim by Jacob ben Asher<br /> and<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> finance.)</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> finance.)</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> In</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Tur,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Jacob</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> ben</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Asher</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> expanded</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> on</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> work</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> on</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Halakhot</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> by</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Alfasi.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> He</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> compared</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Alfasi's</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> text</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> with</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Tosefists</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> and</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Maimonides.</span><br />On the Shelf<br />BM 520.86 (in this call number you will find original texts first, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br /><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;">Shulhan</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">Bet</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Yosef</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> &amp;</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Shulhan</span> 'Arukh by Joseph ben Ephraim<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> Karo</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Karo</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"><br />While</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> best</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> known</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> for</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> his</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Shulhan</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> 'Aruckh,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Joseph</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> ben</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> </span>]]></description>
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BM 520.84 (in this call number you will find original texts first, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br />Halakhot by Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (also know as Rif from Rabbi Isaac Al-Fasi) was born in 1013 near the city of Fez  in Morocco (thus he was know as al-Fasi - the &quot;Fezite.&quot;) Alfasi's Halakhot is a digest of the Talmud. He compiled all the legal decisions from the tractates in the orders of Moed, Nashim and Nezikin as well as the tractates of Berachot and Chulin. He left out the aggadic material as well as the legal decisions that only applied in the land of Israel.</span><br />On the Shelf<br />BM 520.82 (in this call number you will find original texts first, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br />Arba'ah Turim by Jacob ben Asher<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">Arba'ah Turim (also known as the Tur) was written by Jacob ben Asher (a.k.a. Ba'al ha-turim, &quot;author of the Turim&quot;) &quot;Tur&quot; means row, and this work is divided into four rows, or secti</span>]]></description>
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The Mishneh Torah was written by Moses ben Maimon (also known as Maimonides or Rambam) in the late 12th century in Egypt. Because the Mishneh Torah is divided into 14 (i.e. yod+dalet) parts, it is also  known as the Yad (yod+dalet) ha-Hazakah. The sections are: Ha-Mada' (Knowledge), Ahavah (Love [of God]), Zemanim (Times, holidays), Nashim (Women), Kedushah (Holiness), Hafla'ah (Separation), Zera'im (Seeds, agriculture), Avodah (Divine Service), Korbanot (Offerings), Tohorah (Ritual purity), Nezikin (Injuries), Kinyan (Acquisition), Mishpatim (Civil law), Shofetim (Judges).<br />On the Shelf<br /> 520.84<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> (first</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> this</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> call</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> number</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> you</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> will</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> find</span> original<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> texts,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> texts</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> first,</span> then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br />Halakhot by Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi<br />On the Shelf<br /> 520.82<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> (first</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> this</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> call</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> number</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> you</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> will</span>]]></description>
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Writings of Maimonides - manuscript and early print editions<br />http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/mss/html/rambam_l.htm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">Shulchan Aruch - Torah.org<br />Contains English summary of Orach Hayim and Yoreh De'ah.<br />http://www.torah.org/advanced/shulchan-aruch/</span><br />]]></description>
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On the Shelf<br />BM 520.84 (first original texts, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">Halakhot by Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi<br />On the Shelf<br />BM 520.82 (first original texts, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br />Arba'ah Turim by Jacob ben Asher<br />On the Shelf<br />BM 520.86 (first original texts, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br />Shulhan 'Arukh by Joseph ben Ephraim Karo<br />On the Shelf<br />BM 520.88 (first original texts, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)</span><br />Online<br />Bar Ilan Responsa Project<br />]]></description>
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Includes the Hebrew texts of the Tanakh, Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Bavli, Talmud Yerushalmi, and Mishneh Torah<br />http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/i/0.htm<br /><span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;">Treasure</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">Treasures</span> of the Library (JNUL)<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"><br />Writing</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"><br />Writings</span> of Maimonides - manuscript and early print editions<br />http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/mss/html/rambam_l.htm<br />]]></description>
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Hebrew text. There is an English translation available of the preface.<br />http://www.mechon-mamre.org/i/0.htm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">Jewish texts at Snunit<br />Includes the Hebrew texts of the Tanakh, Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Bavli, Talmud Yerushalmi, and Mishneh Torah<br />http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/i/0.htm<br />Treasure of the Library (JNUL)<br />Writing of Maimonides - manuscript and early print editions<br />http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/mss/html/rambam_l.htm</span><br />]]></description>
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 the<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> Tor.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Tur.</span><br />Mishneh Torah (Yad ha-Hazakah)<br /> Egypt.<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> It</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Because</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Mishneh</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Torah</span> is divided into 14<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> books:</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (i.e.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> yod+dalet)</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> parts,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> it</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> is</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> also</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">  known</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> as</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Yad</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (yod+dalet)</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> ha-Hazakah.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> The</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> sections</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> are:</span> Ha-Mada' (Knowledge), Ahavah (Love [of God]), Zemanim (Times, holidays), Nashim (Women), Kedushah (Holiness), Hafla'ah (Separation), Zera'im (Seeds, agriculture), Avodah (Divine Service), Korbanot (Offerings), Tohorah (Ritual purity), Nezikin (Injuries), Kinyan (Acquisition), Mishpatim (Civil law), Shofetim (Judges).<br />On the Shelf<br />BM 520.84 (first original texts, then translations, then criticism and commentaries)<br />]]></description>
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Since Jewish laws are found in several places (Torah, Talmud, Tosefta, etc.) early rabbis and scholars tried to compile the various laws together in one source. These works include the Mishneh Torah, Shulhan Arukh, and the Tor.<br />Mishneh<span style="color:red;background-color:#fcc;"> Torah</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Torah</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (Yad</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> ha-Hazakah)</span><br />The Mishneh Torah was written by Moses ben Maimon (also known as Maimonides or Rambam) in the late 12th century in Egypt. It is divided into 14 books: Ha-Mada' (Knowledge), Ahavah (Love [of God]), Zemanim (Times, holidays), Nashim (Women), Kedushah (Holiness), Hafla'ah (Separation), Zera'im (Seeds, agriculture), Avodah (Divine Service), Korbanot (Offerings), Tohorah (Ritual purity), Nezikin (Injuries), Kinyan (Acquisition), Mishpatim (Civil law), Shofetim (Judges).<br />On the Shelf<br />Includes the Hebrew texts of the Tanakh, Talmuds, early commentaries, and many responsa. Basic searching is available to anyone, but advanced features are only available to subscribers. The HUC community can access the f]]></description>
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<span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;">Since</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Jewish</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> laws</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> are</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> found</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> several</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> places</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (Torah,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Talmud,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Tosefta,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> etc.)</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> early</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> rabbis</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> and</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> scholars</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> tried</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> to</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> compile</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> various</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> laws</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> together</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> one</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> source.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> These</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> works</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> include</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Mishneh</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Torah,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Shulhan</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Arukh,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> and</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Tor.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"><br />Mishneh</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Torah</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"><br />The</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Mishneh</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Torah</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> was</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> written</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> by</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Moses</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> ben</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Maimon</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> (also</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> known</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> as</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Maimonides</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> or</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> Rambam)</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> in</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> the</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> late</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> 12th</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> century</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:green;background-color:#cfc;"> in</span><i]]></description>
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